"flummoxed" meaning in English

See flummoxed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: flummoxed [positive], more flummoxed [comparative], most flummoxed [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are flummoxed, you are confused and you do not know what to do. Synonyms: flustered, bewildered, mystified, perplexed, stumped
    Sense id: simple-flummoxed-en-adj-StEmA20G

Verb

Forms: flummox [canonical], flummoxes [third-person, singular], flummoxed [past], flummoxed [past, participle], flummoxing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|flummox|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of flummox.
    Sense id: simple-flummoxed-en-verb-qH22awfK
     
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